Microsoft Outlook is well-known email client in today’s era, which is used by almost every corporate and organizational people. It is widely used as it allows you to work even in offline mode. And, all the offline work gets saved in OST folder. This OST folder will be synchronized to Exchange Server when the connection is available. Although it gives many unique features, this too has some disadvantages which might trouble you while using it.
Here I have listed out most common challenges you may encounter when working on Outlook OST file and solution to fix the issues-
Issue #1: Missing OST File
Sometimes, it happens you can’t find your Outlook OST file in Outlook. OST file might get missing from your Outlook due to some reasons. Most of the time, your OST file goes missing due to on-premise Exchange Server.
Solution:
Use any reliable data recovery software and locate your missing OST file. Once you find the missing OST file, access it by using the Outlook Profile on which it was configured.
Issues #2: Deleted Outlook Profile using Which OST File is Created
You might aware of the fact that OST file can’t be accessed if Outlook profile on which it is created got deleted due to any reason.
Solution:
You can access OST file only by converting it into PST format. After OST file converted into PST format, you can access it using any Outlook profile. Make use of efficient OST to PST converter and I will suggest Remo OST to PST converter as it won’t alter OST file during conversion. You have to convert OST to PST as it not possible to directly access OST file from different Outlook profile.
Issue #3: Orphaned OST File
OST file becomes orphan if associated Exchange Server is unavailable or deleted. MS Exchange Server is unavailable if it crashes or due to severe virus infection.
Solution:
The only possible solution to deal with this kind of problem is converting OST into PST file using third party software. As I said above, you can use Remo OST to PST converter to complete the
conversion task.
Issue #4: OST File Conversion
There are many possible reasons due to which your OST file might get corrupted. Most common reasons are Exchange server crash which synchronizing OST to it, corrupted storage drive on which OST file is stored, Outlook crash, etc.
Solution:
To fix OST file, you can use third-party software. Remo OST to PST converter also helps to fix damaged PST file. It extracts content from corrupted OST file and saves it in healthy PST file.